The Sri Lankan Navy said 204 of the 208 Iranian personnel aboard IRINS Bushehr had been moved safely to the port of Colombo, while four sailors remained on the vessel, which had developed problems in one of its engines. ADVERTISEMENTThe navy added that the ship would take at least two more days to reach the eastern port of Trincomalee from its current location outside Colombo. Navy spokesman Commander Buddika Sampath said the Iranian sailors would be taken to the navy camp at Welisara, a northern suburb of the capital. According to the president, the ship had 208 personnel on board, including 53 officers, 84 cadets, 48 senior sailors and 23 seamen. Sri Lanka said on Wednesday it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after the U.S. submarine attack sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off Galle on the island’s southern coast.

Source: The Telegraph March 06, 2026 11:00 UTC